README
1 memory_watcher is a library that can be linked into chromium to trace the
2 memory allocations. It works by hooking the system allocation/deallocation
3 functions, and recording the actions.
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5 To use memory_watcher in chromium:
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7 (1) Compile the memory_watcher library (it is part of the solution by default)
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9 (2) Run chromium with these flags "--memory-profile -no-sandbox"
10 (The instrumentation doesn't work with the sandbox)
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12 (3) Hit ctrl-alt-D to generate a dump of the memory allocations.
13 This will create a log file called memorywatcher.logXXXX for every
14 chromium process (where XXXX is the pid).
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16 The log file is a human readable text format, which can be further analyzed
17 using the helpers in the "scripts/" directory.
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